Line #6 ComicBook/TitansRebirth


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:Remember the Titans]]
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4	'''''Titans''''' is a 2016 comic book series that launched with the Comicbook/DCRebirth brand, written by Dan Abnett, and drawn by Brett Booth. It is a follow-up to Comicbook/TitansHunt2015, which saw the reunion of the original Comicbook/TeenTitans as adults. The title features [[Comicbook/TheFlash Wally West]], having just returned from the Speed Force in Comicbook/DCRebirth, reuniting with his former friends [[Comicbook/{{Nightwing}} Dick Grayson]], [[Comicbook/WonderWoman Donna Troy]], [[Comicbook/GreenArrow Roy Harper]], [[Comicbook/{{Aquaman}} Garth]], and Lilith Clay. The group is determined to find out who "edited" the DC Universe and removed Wally from the world, and at launch was the most direct continuation of that MythArc, which is spread out across the entire Rebirth line.
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6	The series crossed over with ''ComicBook/TeenTitansRebirth'' and ''ComicBook/{{Deathstroke}} (Rebirth)'' in ''ComicBook/TheLazarusContract'', a BatFamilyCrossover that will feature Deathstroke trying to use the Speed Force to revive his dead son, Grant. It is also intended to clear up the ContinuitySnarl regarding the Titans' Post-Flashpoint history, along with Deathstroke's relationship with the team, which was similarly RetGone'd in the New 52.
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8	''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueNoJustice'' brought an end to the current lineup (along with those of ''Justice League'', ''Justice League of America'' and ''Teen Titans''). The new team consists of ComicBook/{{Raven}}, [[ComicBook/WonderGirl Donna Troy]], Miss Martian, ComicBook/BeastBoy, and ComicBook/{{Steel}} (Natasha Irons), with Nightwing serving as leader. The new team formed in response to a metahuman epidemic brought about by the end of ''ComicBook/DarkNightsMetal''. Dan Abnett continues as the writer, with Brandon Peterson taking over art duties. The initial team came to an end with a Special in June 2018, and the book was cancelled outright in early 2019.
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11	!!Contains examples of:
12	* AbortedArc:
13	** Wally West's pacemaker was supposed to last longer. Originally, Abnett said he had a grand story about defining Wally's role in a world where a Flash and Kid Flash already existed. Wally even wrote a letter to Dick, resigning from the team but this went to nowhere as his heart issues were wrapped up quickly right after when Kid Flash healed his heart. And after that arc, Wally's story was moved to the main ''Flash'' comic where Joshua Williamson set up his new status quo.
14	** Wally's relationship with Lilith Clay. In the Rebirth issue of the series, the first thing Omen remembers about Wally is a kiss they shared and she acts fond of Wally during the entirety of the first arc, showing hints of lingering crush on him and some jealousy towards Linda Park. This plotline is dropped after ''The Lazarus Contract'' once Lilith and Garth enter into a relationship without even mentioning her past with Wally.
15	** Wally's relationship with Linda Park, which seems to be regrowing until all of a sudden it comes to a halt. This segues immediately into some {{soaperizing}} in which Wally and Donna kiss and Roy witnesses it.
16	** After ''No Justice'', Abnett deliberately sets up a relationship arc between Beast Boy and Raven, starting with Raven admitting to Nightwing that she has misgivings about his next recruit (Beast Boy), and the both of them are painfully uncomfortable with each other when they finally meet. At no point does Abnett develop or explain what [[AmbiguousSituation the problem between them]] is beyond Beast Boy interpreting it in light of his self-loathing, but it seems to have been resolved in the final issues of the run during the fight against Mother Blood.
17	* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: Roy, to Troia.
18	* BatfamilyCrossover: With ''ComicBook/{{Deathstroke}} (Rebirth)'' and ''Comicbook/TeenTitansRebirth'' for ''ComicBook/TheLazarusContract''.
19	* BerserkButton: The first Annual makes it ''very'' clear that insulting or doubting Wally is one for the normally friendly and polite Barry Allen.
20	-->'''Aquaman''': Until a few months ago, none of us even '''knew''' who '''Wally West''' was. Not even '''you''', Flash.
21	-->'''Barry''': I do '''now'''... and I think you better watch what you're implying, Arthur.
22	* BrokenAce: Wally. After his return, he is able to tap more deeply into the Speed Force than ever before. However, his experiences being trapped outside of time, coupled with Linda Park no longer loving him, have left him traumatized, to the point where Abra Kadabra's Lilith puppet describes him as "brittle".
23	* CharacterFocus: Issues 19 & 20 (so far) focus on Roy Harper, with only a few panels with the other Titans.
24	* CommonalityConnection: Superman and Wally West, as both remember the world as it was pre-Flashpoint.
25	* ContinuityNod: Dick and Wally find out that Meta Human Solutions is being funded by H.I.V.E., who is also causing trouble for Deathstroke.
26	* ContinuitySnarl: Donna Troy makes mention of being an orphan raised by the Amazons. This is in direct conflict with her origin in the New 52, where she's a clone of Wonder Woman made from clay. It's later revealed that [[spoiler: she ''is'' still that Donna Troy, and her false memories of being an orphan raised by the Amazons were given to her ''by'' the Amazons to give her a fresh start]]. How this even works, with the New 52 Amazons being revealed to be an illusion in ''ComicBook/WonderWomanRebirth'' remains to be seen, as well as the fact that, in the ''Rebirth'' timeline, Donna was Wonder Girl, which couldn't have been possible with the clay Donna. Not only that, but Wally is established to having been protected from the numerous memory-altering hijinks going on, so it's doubtful that what the Amazons did could affect him.
27	* CoversAlwaysLie: The cover for #2 showed Bumblebee among the team. Not only did Bumblebee not appear in the issue, she only made one brief, non-costumed appearance in the first arc overall.
28	* DoggedNiceGuy:
29	** Roy has a not-so-subtle crush on Donna, who may or may not be aware.
30	** Wally towards Linda, who seems interested in The Flash as a story, but is unaware of her pre-Comicbook/{{Flashpoint}} reationship with him.
31	* ForgotAboutHisPowers:
32	** When infiltrating Meta Solutions, Dick and Wally's comms stop working, and Wally tells Dick to do whatever he's doing quick. He seems to have forgotten he has ''super speed'' and can just run outside, tell the Titans the comms are cut, then go right back in in about 5 seconds.
33	** In the same issue, when Mammoth shows up and fights Dick and Wally, Wally seems to have forgotten that he can drain speed, which would've essentially made Mammoth a statue.
34	* HappilyMarried: Mal and Karen are shown in the second arc to have a healthy and loving marriage, with the former having retired from superheroism.
35	* HeroicBSOD: When Kadabra abducts Linda, Wally almost completely breaks down, only being brought out of it thanks to his fellow Titans.
36	* HeterosexualLifePartners: The bromance between Dick and Wally from pre-Comicbook/{{Flashpoint}} hasn't skipped a beat.
37	* HomeBase: The Titans' tower is located in Manhattan after the Titans seemingly misinterpret Abra Kadabra's thoughts ([[spoiler:it's obvious he was referring to ''Doctor'' Manhattan]]).
38	* IllNeverTellYouWhatImTellingYou: During the Lazarus Contract storyline, Wally is hopped up on truth serum and refuses to tell Slade anything about the Titans...stuff like how they were sidekicks who found each other and became really good friends.
39	* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Psion causes [[spoiler: Karen to totally forget her husband and daughter as "punishment" for her attacking the Fearsome Five.]]
40	* LeaningOnTheFourthWall:
41	** Issue 17 has Wally West II lament the "death" of the original Wally West, stating that Wally died because of him, and that he died saving Wally II from a dumb act. He says he'll fix Wally, even if it kills him. It really does feel like Dan Abnett is talking directly to readers and apologising for what happened to Wally in ''The Lazarus Contract''.
42	** This continues with the end of said story, where Wally tells Wally II that he should've been a better friend to him, possibly even his mentor. This is actually a big complaint from the ''Flash'' fanbase, who reacted very positively to the Wallys interaction near the start of Rebirth, only for nothing to come of it.
43	** Similarly, Wally laments that he has no life outside of the Titans, and that he hasn't figured out who he is since returning from the Speed Force. This too was a big criticism of the series, and it says something that Wally says this in the issue of ''Titans'' that released before his much hyped return to the ''Flash'' series afterwards.
44	* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: The Linda Park seen in the Speed Force. It's not exactly clear whether she's the Speed Force itself, Wally's subconscious, or even the original Linda Park.
45	* MistakenIdentity: Donna Troy is confused for Wonder Woman by the general public, since she looks and dresses like the latter.
46	* MythArc: The series' first arc is the first ''direct'' follow-up on the [[spoiler:Watchmen]] myth arc, which began in ''DC Universe: Rebirth'' #1.
47	* MythologyGag:
48	** "The Return of Wally West", the title of the first arc, is a reference to a Wally West-era ''Flash'' story called "ComicBook/TheReturnOfBarryAllen", although the similarities, aside from the return of a long-missing Flash, end there.
49	** Troia being an evil version of Donna from the future who was manipulating everything from the beginning references two prior villains: '''Dark Angel''', the evil doppleganger of Donna Troy from Earth-Seven, and '''Lord Chaos''', the alternate future timeline version of Donna's son Robert from the ''Total Chaos'' storyline.
50	* NeverMyFault: [[spoiler:Mal blames the Titans for Karen losing her memories of himself and their daughter due to Psimon's attack. Despite the fact that not only was it him that came to the Titans for help, but that ''he'' was the one who brought her to Meta Solutions in the first place.]]
51	* PlatonicDeclarationOfLove: At the end of the Return of Wally West arc, Wally declares that his friends are his lightning rod now.
52	* ThePowerOfFriendship: Wally's love for his friends bring him back from the Speed Force.
53	* ThePowerOfLove: Because of his love for the Titans and ''especially'' Linda, Wally is able to cover four cities in less than 8 seconds.
54	* RedHerring: Inverted. ''DC Universe: Rebirth'' #1 first implied that the person behind the disappearance of Wally West was [[spoiler:Dr. Manhattan]]. However, the series has Abra Kadabra outright say that it was ''his'' doing... then it's heavily implied that he's working for [[spoiler:Dr. Manhattan]] somehow.
55	* {{Retcon}}: Oh so, so many.
56	** Wally West's entire existence. He was originally just turned into Wally West II, the Kid Flash seen in ''Teen Titans''. Instead, he is now retconned in as part of the New 52 history, but was trapped in the Speed Force and forgotten the entire time.
57	* SeriesContinuityError: Issue 20 sees Dick helping Wally move into his apartment, which was first seen in ''The Flash'' Annual 1. The problem? It's on the first floor of a seemingly normal place, whereas ''The Flash'' established that it's high up in a skyscraper with a huge-ass window for one of its walls.
58	* ShipTease: Between M'gann and Dick. They even spend a whole issue in various romantic movie roles, while dealing with tension between the two, resulting in a AlmostKiss.
59	* SocialMediaBeforeReason: When Abra Kadabra transports the guests of a kid's birthday party to the moon, one girl ''takes a selfie'' while in the midst of gasping for air.
60	* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''ComicBook/Titans1999'', helped by the fact that the team is comprised of the original Teen Titans.
61	* SpotlightStealingSquad: In the first arc of ''Titans'', Wally West gets the most focus by a ''huge'' margin, gets the most focus on covers, and the ''variant covers'' put even ''more'' focus on him. In fact, the title of the is called "The Return of Wally West", and even that title is a reference to one of ''his'' solo stories from ''The Flash''. The other characters each get a moment every few issues, but opening arc largely serves as the series where Wally's new status quo can be established. The following arc "Made in Manhattan", however, is more evenly spread out among the different team members, with the focus going to Mal and Karen.
62	* SupportingLeader: Nightwing is firmly in charge of the team, though he doesn't really have a character arc, at least compared to the others.
63	* VisualPun: Abra Kadabra's watch has a blood splotch on it in the same shape and position as the blood on the Comedian's button in ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}''.
64	* WhamLine: "Did you just tase me? What the hell, Wally? What was-- ''Wally''?"
65	** After Psimon boasts on "taking something important" from Karen's mind, Mal comes in to help the Titans. Karen's reaction: [[spoiler: "I'm sorry...who are you? Have we met?"]]
66	* WhamShot: TheReveal that "the girl Clay" is [[spoiler:a version of Donna Troy from the future]]

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